The People's Brexit Campaign
The People's Brexit Campaign is a Campaign and Research Group which was formed in December 2018 in response to public demand. The objective of the Campaign is for the UK to leave the European Union (EU) on UK terms and with compensation and co-operation from the EU. This is based upon the circumstances in which the UK joined the European Economic Community (the EEC, which is the old name for the EU) on 1/1/73.
Joining the EEC[edit]
When the Prime Minister, Edward Heath, signed the Treaty of Accession to the EEC on the 22nd January 1972 he did not have the permission or Mandate of the People of the UK to do so, as in his Election Manifesto of 1970 he vowed 'our sole commitment is to negotiate; no more no less' [1]. At the time of signing the Treaty, public opinion was over 83% against joining the EEC, this was confirmed in the speech of Mrs Renee Short MP when she revealed in the Parliamentary debate before the Treaty was signed, that at the Labour Party Conference in the Autumn of 1971 over 5 million members voted against joining the EEC and only 1 million were in favour [2]. This has great importance as it represented the largest Referendum/ Opinion Poll of Voters at the time of joining.
UK referendum to join the EEC[edit]
There had been many calls for a Referendum of the UK People firstly on whether to negotiate to join the EEC and then later on whether to actually join the EEC or not. The first of these requests was made in 1961 [3]and it was denied as all the later demands for a UK Referendum prior to joining were. The legislation was in place to have a UK Referendum at any stage from 1971 up to the joining date of 1/1/73 but all demands were refused and the People of the UK were never given their Referendum upon joining the EEC. The other three applicant countries applying to join the EEC at the same time as the UK (Denmark, Ireland and Norway) all held Referendums on whether or not to join. Each country also had to have a very high Parliamentary majority in support of joining but the UK in theory needed only one more vote in favour than against and in reality joined the EEC on the strength of a tiny majority of only 17 votes [4]. This brought the Treaty of Accession to the EEC into UK law by means of The European Communities Act 1972.
See also[edit]
- Leave Means Leave
- Get Britain Out
- Leave.EU
- Better off Out
- European Research Group
- Conservatives for Britain
References[edit]
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